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1 bagouse
n. f.1. (Jewellery): Ring.2. Arse-hole, anal sphincter. Prendre de la bagouse: To engage in sodomy.3. L'avoir dans la bagouse: To have been 'conned', 'diddled', to have been fooled.4. Avoir de la bagouse: To be a 'jammy bugger', to be a lucky so-and-so. (References to sodomous intercourse are often equated in modern colloquial French with good fortune.) -
2 cabane
n. f.1. 'Nick', 'clink', jail. Faire de la cabane: To do time. (The word is an abbreviated version of la cabane aux mille lourdes.)2. (joc.): House (often a résidence secondaire or weekend dwelling). The tongue-in-cheek jocularity derives from the primary meaning: shack, equated with the grandeur of the residence described.3. Attiger la cabane: To 'lay it on a bit thick', to exaggerate. -
3 doryphore
n. m. 'Jerry', 'Kraut', German. (The ravages of the Colorado beetle are equated with those of the Hun in World War II.) -
4 molletière
adj. Avoir besoin de bandes molletiéres: To be self-congratulatory in a deprecating manner. (In the now famous register of body language, the heel-to- ankle tapping gesture can be equated with the polishing and gazing at one's fingernails registering the 'I'm-wonderful-and-I-know-it, but-I-won't-make-a- fuss-about-it' message, hence the need for protective bandages.) -
5 roulé
adj. Etre bien (also: pas mal) roulée (of woman): To be 'well-stacked', to 'have everything in the right places', to have a shapely figure. (When referring to a man, bien roulé can be equated with the beau gosse image and a he-man physique.) -
6 souvenance
n. f. En avoir souvenance ( slightly joc. & iron.): To remember something 'at a pinch'. (The rather archaic expression j'en ai souvenance can be equated with Maurice Chevalier's refrain 'I remember it well!' in the song of that name.) -
7 villégiature
n. f. Etre en villégiature (iron.): To be 'in the nick', to be in prison. (The 'nudgenudge, wink-wink' irony stems from the standard meaning of the expression. Etre en villégiature cannot be equated with the explanation given to children and neighbours as to the whereabouts of a father/husband. See voyage.) -
8 virginité
n. f. Se refaire une virginité: To 'turn over a new leaf', to make a fresh start hoping that the 'clean sheet' remains unblotted by the past. (This expression, which has no sexual connotation, can be equated with the remark made about a famous Hollywood actress of whom a critic said 'I knew her before she was a virgin!')
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